Eschrichtius
Eschrichtius Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Recent
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Gray whale spy-hopping next to calf | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Balaenopteridae |
Genus: | Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 |
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Eschrichtius is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale (E. robustus) and the extinct Akishima whale (E. akishimaensis).[1]
References[]
- ^ Kimura, T.; Hasegawa, Y.; Kohno, N. (2017). "A New Species of the Genus Eschrichtius (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Early Pleistocene of Japan". Paleontological Research. 22 (1): 1–19. doi:10.2517/2017PR007. S2CID 134494152.
Categories:
- Cetacean genera
- Mammal genera with one living species
- Baleen whales
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Cetacean stubs